North Carolina State University, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Department of Statistics Records
UA 135.016
Special Collections Research Center
11.5 Linear feet
1940-2007
The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Statistics contain agreements, correspondence, grant progress reports, grant proposals, handbooks, manuscripts, minutes, newsletters, notebooks, project outlines, project proposals, research project reports, seminar announcements, study guides, surveys, photographs, scrapbooks, pamphlets, and work contracts. These materials range in date from 1940 to 2007.
The North Carolina State University Department of Statistics is among the nation's oldest, having been founded by renowned statistician Gertrude Cox in 1941. It receives support from both the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
17 boxes, 1 carton, 1 oversize flatbox, 1 flat folder
North Carolina State University. Dept. of Statistics.
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Transferred from North Carolina State University, Department of Statistics.
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[Identification of Item], North Carolina State University, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Department of Statistics Records, UA 135.016, Special Collections Research Center, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Historical Note
The North Carolina State University Department of Statistics is among the nation's oldest, having been founded by renowned statistician Gertrude Cox in 1941. It receives support from both the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Additional information and resources on the history of the Department of Statistics can be found through the
NCSU Historical State website.
Scope and Content Note
The records of the North Carolina State University Department of Statistics contain agreements, correspondence, grant progress reports, grant proposals, handbooks, manuscripts, minutes, newsletters, notebooks, project outlines, project proposals, research project reports, seminar announcements, study guides, surveys, photographs, scrapbooks, pamphlets, and work contracts. These materials range in date from 1940 to 2007.
Organization of the Collection
The records of the Department of Statistics are arranged in two series:
[Departmental Records](ref263) and
[Cooperative Projects](ref345). Within each series, materials are arranged alphabetically by topic or title. A third series exists for records not yet receiving full archival processing.
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Cox, Gertrude M.
North Carolina State University. Dept. of Statistics.
Statistics--Study and teaching (Higher)--North Carolina
Departmental Records
1940-2003
Administration Conference
1
1
1970
Administrative Planning Conference Outlines
1
2
1966
Biomathematics Graduate Program Newsletter
17
13
1983
Biomathematics Graduate Program Seminar flyers
17
12
1986
Biomathematics Program brochures
17
14
1966, 1983
Biomathematics Program Information Booklets
1
3
1978, 1981
Biomatematics Training
1
4
undated
Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest College, Visiting Professor Correspondence
1
5
1949
Course Content Curricula and Degree Requirements in Statistics
1
6
undated
Courses in Statistics Summer Session
1
7
1951
Courses in Statistics Summer Session
1
8
1952
Cox Graduate Fellowship Fund
1
9
1977
Cox Graduate Fellowship Fund - Acknowledgement of Funds Letters
1
10
1977
Cox Graduate Fellowship Fund - General Business and Correspondence
1
11
1977-1979
Cox Graduate Fellowship Fund - General Information
1
12
1976-1978
Cox Graduate Fellowship Fund - Letters of Solicitation
1
13
1977-1978
Cox Graduate Fellowship Fund - Lists of B.S. Degrees Awarded in Statistics
2
1
1947-1977
Cox Graduate Fellowship Fund - Steering Committee Minutes and Progress Reports
2
2
1977-1978
Department Diploma Ceremony Programs
2
3
1990-2003
Department of Experimental Statistics
17
16
1951
Experimental Statistics Long-Range Plans
2
4
1957-1962
Experimental Statistics Department Plans
2
5
1958-1978
Faculty List
2
6
1970-1974
Faculty Promotions and Tenure
2
7
1973
Fiftieth Anniversary
2
8
1991
Formation of a Computer Science Department Proposal and the Establishment of an Undergraduate Curriculum
2
9
1967
Gamma Sigma Delta - Certificate of Merit
2
10
1966-1971
Gamma Sigma Delta - General Information
2
11
1959-1961
Gamma Sigma Delta - General Information
2
12
1961-1963
Gamma Sigma Delta - General Information
2
13
1966-1971
Gamma Sigma Delta - General Information
2
14
1970-1975
Gamma Sigma Delta - Members and Nominees
2
15
1955-1957
Graduate and Undergraduate Faculty Biographies
3
1
undated
Graduate Fellowships and Assistantships in Experimental Statistics Information Sheet
3
2
1965
A Guide for Undergraduate Majors in Statistics Brochure
3
3
1972-1973
Handbooks
3
4
1974, 1976, 1978, 1981
Henry L. Lucas, Jr. Memorial Research Assistantship Fund information brochure
17
11
1979
History of the Department of Statistics
3
5
1940-1954
List of Publications by the Department of Experimental Statistics
3
6
1948-1951
Long-Range Plans
3
7
1967-1978
Lucas Research Assistantship Fund
3
8
1979
Mailing List
3
9
1966-1977
Memoranda to and from the Chancellor
3
10
1967-1974
Naming a New Head
3
11
1962
Organization and Operating Policies
3
12
undated
Phi Kappa Phi Constitution and By-Laws
3
13
1954, 1967
Phi Kappa Phi Membership List
3
14
1967-1968
Portable Terminal Information
3
15
1973
Predicting Freshman Scholastic Achievement Report
3
16
1952-1953
A Program of Instruction in Modern Statistics for College Teachers of Introductory Statistics
3
17
1959
Proposed Curricula for Statistics
3
18
1961
Research Work of the Department of Experimental Statistics
3
19
1947-1949
Science and Theology Research - Study Group and Papers, Don Shriver
18
1
1965-1966
Science and Theology Research - Study Group and Papers, Don Shriver
17
15
1966-1967
Self Study Report
4
1
1971
Self Study Report
4
2
1972
Seminar Schedule and Flyers
4
3
1979
Seminar Flyers
4
4
1980
Seminar Flyers
4
5
1981
Seminar Schedule and Flyers
4
6
1982
Seminar Flyers
4
7
1983
Seminar Flyers
4
8
1984
Seminar Flyers
4
9
1985
Seminar Flyers
4
10
1986
Seminar Flyers
4
11
1987
Seminar Flyers
4
12
1988
Seminar Flyers
4
13
1989
Seminar Flyers
4
14
1990
Seminar Flyers
4
15
1991
Seminar Flyers
4
16
1992
Seminar Flyers
4
17
1995
SMUG (Statistican's Microcomputer Users' Group) Newsletter, Volume 3 No. 1
4
18
1986
Southern Regional Graduate Summer Session in Statistics
4
19
1959
Staff Meeting Minutes
4
20
1953-1954
Staff Meeting Minutes
4
21
1954-1955
Staff Meeting Minutes
4
22
1955-1956
Staff Meeting Minutes
4
23
1956-1957
Staff Meeting Minutes
4
24
1957-1958
Staff Meeting Minutes
4
25
1959-1960
Staff Meeting Minutes
5
1
1960-1961
Staff Meeting Minutes
5
2
1961-1962
Staff Meeting Minutes
5
3
1962-1963
Statistical Methods for Research Workers in Industry and the Physical Sciences Intensive Short Course Information Brochure
5
4
1955
Statistical Summer Session Conference Correspondence
5
5
1941
Statistics faculty portrait
20
1
1970s
"Testing Large Numbers of Strains for Use Under Different Environmental Conditions" by Cox
5
6
undated
Training of Exceptional Students Proposal
5
7
1958
Work Contracts
5
8
1952
Cooperative Projects
1941-1976, 1997
Agreements, Vouchers, etc.
5
9
1956-1958
Agricultural Experiment Station Project Outline
5
10
1953
Agricultural Marketing Service Agreement
5
11
1941
Agricultural Marketing Services
5
12
1954-1955
Agricultural Marketing Services
5
13
1955-1956
Agriculture Estimates
5
14
1957
Agriculture Estimates
5
15
1958
Agriculture and Engineering Department
5
16
1957-1959
Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratory
5
17
1951
Air Force Operations Analysis
5
18
1951-1952
Animal Poultry Health Products Audit
5
19
1958
Animal Science Work Conference
5
20
1944
Applications of Economic and Statistical Analysis to Decision Making
6
1
1954-1955
Application to national Aeronautics and Space Administration for Research Facilities (I of II)
6
2
1963
Application to National Aeronautics and Space Administration for Research Facilities (II of II)
6
3
1963
Army Chemical Corps.
6
4
1952
Auburn State Conference
6
5
1948
Biotechnology Resources Grant RR-00011-09 Progress Report
6
6
1971
Biotechnology Resources Grant RR-00011-10 Progress Report
6
7
1972
Biotechnology Resources Grant RR-00011-11 Terminal Progress Report
6
8
1974
Blue Ridge Summer Statistics Conference
7
1
1952
Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAE) Budget Agreement
7
2
1951-1952
Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAE) Budget Agreement
7
3
1952-1953
Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAE) Budget Agreement
7
4
1953-1954
Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAE) Memorandum of Agreement
7
5
1950-1960
Bureau of Agricultural Economics (BAE) Proposed Research
7
6
1948
Charlotte College Information in regards to it becoming Consolidated within UNC System
7
7
1961-1963
Collards Project Correspondence
7
8
1951
Collards Project Report and Tabulations
7
9
1951
Columbian Carbon Company and DOW Chemical Company Correspondence for Graduate Student Interns
7
10
1955-1956
Computer Advisory Committee Correspondence
7
11
1973
Computer Center and Search for Personnel
7
12
1964
Computing Center Allocations
7
13
1970-1971
Computing Center - Allocation of Funds
7
14
1971-1972
Computing Center Budget
8
1
1964-1967
Computing Center - The Computer Program at NC State University Comments
8
2
1967
Computing Center Correspondence
8
3
1970-1972
Computing Center Information and Correspondence
8
4
1968-1972
Computing Center, PAMS Terminal Advisory Committee
8
5
1971
Computing Center - Planning and Evaluation Committee
8
6
1968
Computing Center - Proposal for National Sciene Foundation Institutional Grant for Tape Recorders for Use with the Signal Processing Lab
8
7
1969-1970
Corn Yield Survey Agreement and Correspondence
8
8
1949-1950
"Design of the Experiment" by Robinson, Plant Breeding Conference
8
9
1948
Educational Policy Seminar
8
10
1961-1962
Environmental Health Center Program Report
8
11
1965
Environmental Health Center Program Report
8
12
1966
Estimation of Selection Index from Field Test Data - Data on Sea Island Cotton
8
13
undated
Expansion of Computer Facilities Use - Application for Research Grant
9
1
1969
Forestry, Agronomy, and Horticulture Conference
9
2
1941
Fur Seal Population Project Correspondence
9
3
1949
Human Resource Research Institute
9
4
1951-1952
Human Resources Research Institute - Advisory Research Council Meeting
9
5
1951
IBEC Research Institute Correspondence
9
6
1955-1956
IBM Tentative Project Outline and Statistics Manual
9
7
undated
Industrial Designs Experimental Research Projects
9
8
1955
Industrial Projects
9
9
1954
Institute of Fisheries Research
9
10
1949
Investigation of Measurement Errors in Sample Surveys Project Progress Report
9
11
undated
Joint Program Between Computer Science and Engineering
9
12
1975-1976
Lucas Memorial Symposium - Systems Concepts in Agriculture brochure
17
10
1979
Memoranda of Agreements
9
13
1952-1955
National Bureau of Standards
10
1
1951
National Science Foundation Grant Material and Information
10
2
1970-1971
National Science Foundation Site visit of the Triangle Universities Computation Center
10
3
1965-1966
Nutrition Work Conference Program and Notes
10
4
1945
Office of Foreign Agriculture Relations Correspondence
10
5
1951-1953
Peanut Research Proposal for AID
10
6
1974
Plant Breeders Conference - Gene Frequency and its Consequences
10
7
1948
Plant Breeders Conference Program Outline (I of II)
10
8
1948
Plant Breeders Conference Program Outline (II of II)
10
9
1948
Price Project Estimated Budget
10
10
1949
Project Outlines
10
11
1946-1948
Project Outlines
10
12
1948-1949
Project Outlines
10
13
1949-1950
Project Outlines
10
14
1950-1951
Project Proposals
10
15
1960-1961
Project Proposals Part II
10
16
1960-1961
Proposal to the National Sciene Foundation for Support of NC State for Participatioin in the TUCC
11
1
1965
Proposed Pasture Research Project
11
2
1949-1955
Regional S-Project - Requirements and Utilization of Selected Nutrients in Preadolescent Children
11
3
1953
Reports to Office of Foreign Agriculture Relations
11
4
1953
Research and Farming
11
5
1946
Research Laboratory - American Tobacco Company - Smoking Habits Project
11
6
1956
Richmond Area University Center
11
7
1949
Role of the Consultant in a Statistical Laboratory Report
11
8
1952
S-12 Project Regional Research Funds Support
11
9
1955
S-15 Project Assessment of Nutritional Status on Humans Aunnual Reports and Meeting Minutes
11
10
1952-1954
S-15 Project Correspondence
11
11
1948-1954
S-15 Project Correspondence
11
12
1953-1954
S-15 Project Correspondence and Technique Study of Data Report
11
13
1953
S-15 Project Experimental Error Inventory and Cooperative Nutritional Status Studies
12
1
1954
S-15 Project: Louisiana State University correspondence
12
2
1953-1954
S-15 Project: Miscellaneous
12
3
1952-1953
S-15 Project: Virginia correspondence about data tables
12
4
1953-1954
S-28 Project information
12
5
1954-1956
Selection Among Inbred Lines (plants)
12
6
undated
Selection experiments (plants)
12
7
undated
Society for Mathematical Biology Abstracts
Accession 2012.0226
18
2
1997 Aug.
Soil erosion study
12
8
1960-1961
Soils Work conference
12
9
1946
Southern Cooperative group correspondence and programs
12
10
1952-1956
Special Research Resource project grant (FR-00011-04) progress reports
13
1
1966
Special Research Resource project grant (FR-00011-05) progress report
13
2
1967
Special Research Resource project grant (FR-00011-06) progress report
13
3
1968
Special Research Resource project grant (FR-00011-07) progress report
13
4
1969
Special Research Resource project grant (RR-00011-08) progress report
13
5
1970
State Municipal Read Commission
13
6
1949
Statistical investigations of the Insecticide and Insect Repellent Evaluations reports
13
7
undated
Statistical Research Programs and Outside Contracts report
13
8
1952
Strength in Numbers: Southeastern Cooperative Statistics Project
17
9
undated
Studies in Extimating and Forecasting Peanut Yields (supplement no. 10)
13
9
1958-1959
Studies in Estimating and Forecasting Peanut Yields (supplement no. 14)
13
10
1959-1960
Study of the Farmer as Reporter of Agricultural Information (supplement no. 16)
13
11
1961
Survey Operations Unit budget statements
13
12
1955-1958
Survey Operations Unit Administrative Board correspondence and meeting minutes
13
13
1956-1958
Survey Operations Unit general correspondence
14
1
1951-1958
Survey Operations Unit: Iowa State college expenses
14
2
1957
Survey Operations Unit: payroll and vouchers
14
3
1955-1956
Sampling project
14
4
1953-1954
Sweet potatoes experiment
14
5
1953
Sweet potatoes experiment computations
14
6
1952
Sweet potatoes experiement sampling data
14
7
1945-1950
Sweet potatoes experiment manuscript: first draft
14
8
1953
Sweet potatoes experiment: summary, analysis and correspondence
14
9
1951-1953
Taste-testing conference
14
10
1947
Tennessee Valley Authority correspondence
14
11
1956-1957
Tennessee Valley Authority correspondence
15
1
1955-1956
Tobacco Industries Research Committee: proposed research program to investigate the relationship between tobacco and health
15
2
1954
Tobacco Industries Research Committee: Technical Committee resume of meeting
15
3
1954
Triangle Universities Computation Center: building agenda items
15
4
1972
Triangle Universities Computation Center: building agenda items
15
5
1973
Triangle Universities Computation Center: correspondence
15
6
1965-1967
Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC): correspondence
15
7
1967
Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC): correspondence
16
1
1968-1969
Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC): correspondence
16
2
1969
Triangle Universities Computation Center: correspondence
16
3
1972
Triangle Universities Computation Center notebook (1 of 2)
16
4
1966-1968
Triangle Universities Computation Center Notebook (2 of 2)
16
5
1966-1968
Triangle Universities Computation Center Notebook (1 of 2)
16
6
1969-1970
Triangle Universities Computation Center Notebook (2 of 2)
16
7
1969-1970
Triangle Universities Computation Center Notebook (1 of 3)
17
1
1971-1973
Triangle Universities Computation Center Notebook (2 of 3)
17
2
1971-1973
Triangle Universities Computation Center Notebook (3 of 3)
17
3
1971-1973
Triangle Universities Computation Center (TUCC): NSF visit
17
4
1968
T.V.A. Tentative Project Agreement
17
5
1954
Vitamin A and Carotene in the Blood of Healthy Young Men report
17
6
1953
Cooperative Agreement with the Weather Bureau
17
7
1949
Weather Bureau: Cooperative Climatological Project report
17
8
1949
Unprocessed Records
Department of Experimental Statistics Scrapbooks
Accession 2013.0122
19
1940 - 1943
Departmental photographs, pamphlets, and other documents
Accession 2013.0122
19
1950 - 1989
Gertrude Cox biographical information
Accession 2013.0122
19
1970 - 1978
Oversize photographs
Accession 2013.0122
20
2
2006-2007
Wall calendar with Gertrude Cox's photograph
Accession 2013.0122
20
3
1991